Forest Lake Photography Club

Club Night - Speaker Paul Harrop on Macro
2026-03-10 19:15 - 21:00 (Australia/Brisbane) | Forest Lake Community Hall, 60 College Avenue, Forest Lake 4078, 60 College Avenue, Forest Lake, Queensland, 4078, Australia
One of our members, Paul Harrop, will give us an education on focusing on the smaller things in life. Macro photography has been his passion for some time and he has generously offered to tell us about the gear, the settings and the search for the 1:1 shot.

OUTING : ASTRO PHOTOGRAPHY WITH SRAA (Laravale, QLD)
2026-03-14 15:00 - 21:00 | 77 Christmas Creek Road, Laravale, QLD, 77 Christmas Creek Road, Laravale, Queensland, Australia
CONFIRMED:
This event will be at the Scenic Rim Astronomy Association Inc. (SRAA) property in Laravale. Weather permitting (the following Saturday 21/3/26 is our alternative date).
This is a Club Night for them and we will be able to look through some of their telescopes (with permission).
NOTE: The area has concrete stands in place – these are PREDOMINANTLY for club members to put their telescopes onto. We will have to check before putting up a tripod on one of these.
Here’s the plan:

Come to 77 Christmas Creek Rd, Laravale. Full directions and details here.
It is a public viewing night, so we will have a number of other visitors there to look through the telescopes, but there is plenty of room for photographers to set up.
We ask a $5 per person donation to the club, please bring correct change.

Please arrive before sunset (say 5.30 pm) so your members can park and set up easily in the light. Mark can give you all a talk around 6.00pm.
Telescope observing from about 1 hour after sunset (7.00 pm) until 9.00 or 10.00 pm, leave anytime. It’s not totally dark until 7.20pm, so photography may have to wait until then.
When leaving, please try to minimise headlight use until you are well away from the telescopes.
Bring plenty of warm clothes
We typically eat between sunset and darkness, from around 5.45pm. We have a BBQ, microwave and kettle available, plus tables and chairs, but people would need to bring their own food and drinks.
As many of our members do, you may prefer to bring sandwiches or something quick to eat, or buy something like pizza or Subway in Beaudesert. A thermos of something hot to drink is a good idea, or we have coffee etc available for a gold coin donation.

SRAA Visitor Information

CLUB NIGHT
2026-04-14 19:15 - 21:00, 2026-05-12 19:15 - 21:00, 2026-06-09 19:15 - 21:00, 2026-07-14 19:15 - 21:00, 2026-08-11 19:15 - 21:00, 2026-09-08 19:15 - 21:00 | Forest Lake Community Hall, 60 College Avenue, Forest Lake 4078, 60 College Avenue, Forest Lake, Queensland, 4078, Australia
